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Neverwinter coming to Xbox One on March 31

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Perfect World has announced that Neverwinter is coming to the Xbox One on March 31st. The launch will feature all of the content from the PC version including classes like the Scourge Warlock and the Tyranny of Dragons expansion. "Neverwinter on Xbox One brings a full-fledged roleplaying experience with a living social world allowing players to experience Dungeons & Dragons...

TERA dungeon triggers player controversy

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A new TERA dungeon named Ghillieglade has raised the ire of European players who discovered that the "extremely easy" instance delivers incredible rewards with minimal effort. So what's the controversy? The problem is that the dungeon is primarily accessible to paying members with free-to-play gamers being limited to a once-a-week run (and that only after running 20 related quests). North...

Final Fantasy XIV’s gold saucer patch is live

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In its bid to prove that it's got wacky in spades, Final Fantasy XIV has launched the much-anticipated 2.51 patch, an unassuming name for an update that inserts an entire amusement park into the MMORPG. Insider the newly installed Manderville Gold Saucer, the denizens of Eorzea can participate in chocobo races, the Triple Triad card game, the Cactpot casino games...

Crowfall: The ultimate union of MMOs and strategy

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What do you get when you take a few of the most experienced developers in the MMO industry and give them the freedom to buck the safe trend of copycatting World of Warcraft? And what would you get if you further challenged them to combine the progression from MMOs with the always-fresh strategy genre? You might just end up with...

The Daily Grind: Are you still on board with EverQuest Next?

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The Daybreak buy-out. Mass layoffs. No more Storybricks. And it might not even be free-to-play! There are plenty of reasons to go all Chicken Little about EverQuest Next, but strangely enough, I feel practically sanguine about it. I've seen all too often how we the community overreact to news without knowing all of the details or how the future will...

Not So Massively: LoL’s streaming controversy, Star Citizen’s mining, and Diablo III’s microtransactions

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The League of Legends community is in an uproar this week over a dispute regarding who owns the gameplay in a League of Legends match and who has the legal right to stream it. Riot Games President and Co-Founder Marc Merrill even suggested that players broadcasting professional player Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok's public matches may constitute bullying, harassment or e-stalking....
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You’ve only got 77 candidates to choose from in EVE’s CSM election

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Are you voting in this week's EVE Online Council of Stellar Management election? If so, you'd better do some research, because there are 77 candidates vying for your affections. Alternatively you could just use Vote-Match for a quick and dirty look at how your interests align with the hoard of potential politicians. CCP says that an even 100 players applied...
This genre clings to life like... well, zombie survival.

Behind the scenes of Armored Warfare

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At first glance, Armored Warfare definitely looks like a World of Tanks clone. That's not by accident, either. A recent article highlights the genesis of the game from concept to the present; apparently, the designers were very consciously designing a direct competitor for World of Tanks right down to the vehicles featured. That meant covering modern weapons of war, ranging...

Order and Chaos Online update adds dungeon, wheel of fortune

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It doesn't look like peace is coming any time soon to Order & Chaos Online. In fact, a fallen angel named Annemone has invaded the game with Update 23, and it's up to players to put an end to her cackling laugh. Update 23 came out last week for the mobile MMO and includes a new dungeon called Rising Flare:...

Starriser takes a stab at space empire strategy

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Have you ever had a whim of dropping your normal, ordinary life and taking to the stars, not to peacefully explore them, but to conquer and rule over them as a merciless dictator? Haven't we all, really. Fortunately for both you and the real galaxy, Starriser has appeared on the scene to give us a virtual taste of this...